POSTAL & COURIER SERVICES IN CHINA:A MARKET ANALYSIS Contents INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................1 Report Coverage ....................................................................................................................................................1 Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................................1 1 MARKET BACKGROUND ....................................................................................2 1.1 Fast Facts...........................................................................................................................................................2 1.2 Exchange Rates................................................................................................................................................3 1.2.1 Exchange Rates: China .............................................................................................................................3 Table 1.1 AVERAGE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES BETWEEN RMB AND US$ 1993- 1999 .......................................................................................................................................................3 1.2.2 Exchange Rates: Hong Kong...................................................................................................................3 Table 1.2 AVERAGE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES BETWEEN HK$, RMB & US$ 1993-1999 .......................................................................................................................................................3 1.3 Regions of China..............................................................................................................................................4 Map 1.1 CHINA: PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES ................................................................4 1.4 Demographics...................................................................................................................................................5 1.4.1 Demographics: Total Population.............................................................................................................5 Table 1.3 TOTAL POPULATION 1994-1999 .....................................................................................5 1.4.2 Demographics: Population by Location.................................................................................................5 Table 1.4 POPULATION BY URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE 1994-1999 ...........................................6 1.4.3 Demographics: Population Breakdown by Location...........................................................................6 Table 1.5 POPULATION BREAKDOWN BY URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE 1994-1999............6 1.4.4 Demographics: Population by Province.................................................................................................6 Table 1.6 POPULATION BY PROVINCE 1999.................................................................................7 1.4.5 Demographics: Population Density by Province..................................................................................7 Table 1.7 POPULATION DENSITY BY PROVINCE 1999............................................................8 1.4.6 Demographics: Population Concentration.............................................................................................8 Map 1.2 CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION BY PROVINCE 1999.....................................9 1.4.7 Demographics: Population by Sex..........................................................................................................9 Table 1.8 TOTAL POPULATION BREAKDOWN BY SEX 1994-1999..................................10 1.4.8 Demograp